In my last article I showed you how to create and run a simple AtomPub server using Apache Abdera. Today we will create a client (using modified code provided in this guide as well as the Apache Abdera examples) to put some data into the AtomPub server.

At this point I assume you already have Java and NetBeans IDE 7 running, if not you can go here to get them both. I also assume you have some NetBeans IDE and Java knowledge.

This is very simple, an entry is created and the feed is returned – nothing more. I’ve ignored the capability of editing and deleting. This code can be improved in several ways but my purpose was just to make it a bit easier for developers to get started with Apache Abdera and to supplement the existing documents.